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UNITED lsr.a'r Es PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY P. eLAHx, or oAxHoNT, PENNSYLVANIA, AssIGNoa To wINDow GLASSMACHINE COMPANY, or PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION' 0F N'EWJERSEY.

To all wlwm it may con/:em:

Be it known that I, HENRY F. CLARK, a

resident of Oakmont, Allegheny County,k

Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Carriers forGlass Articles, of which the following is a f ull, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had i-to the vvaccompanying .-drawings,forming part of'this specification, in which: u

Figure 1 is a side view of a carrler embodying my invention;

Figure 2 is a section on the line II--II y of Figure l Figure 3 is apartial section similar to Figure- 2, but showing the device adaptedintotwo ormore segments. These segments are commonly known as shawlsAThe object of my invention is to provide a carrier of simple andconvenient character and construction by means of which' a pluralityofshawls may be moved from place to place without breakage, as in movingthemfrom the splitting room to the flattening ovens.

The nature of my invention will be best understood by reference to theaccompanying drawings, in which I have shown the preferred embodimentthereof, and which will now be described. it being premised,

however, that various changes can bemade in the details of construction,arrangement and combination of the various parts, without departing fromthe spirit and scope of my invention as defined in the appended claims.l

In these drawings, the numeral'2 designates the frame of the carrier,which'may be, in general, of any suitable construction.

In the drawing, itis shown as consisting of an upright at each end,these uprights supf porting the bottom members 3, and being connected attheir'upper ends by the bar 4,

Specication of Letters latent. Appllcatlon luca April s,

-bers 3. After each shawl has been set in cAImIEa Pon GLASS ARTICLES.

Patented Peb. 7, 1922.

leal. serial No. 459,995.

to which is .secured hangers 5, carrying wheels 6, which travel upon anoverhead vtrack 7. Secured to the intermediate portion of each endupright is a transverse bar 8, ln'each end portion of which is mounted aserles of spaced pins 9. These pins form means for holdin in positionthe guard rails orbars 10. -w :hese vguard rails or bars are' supportedloosely between'adjacent pins and may be moved from one set of pins tolanother so as to `vary their distance apart as ls .desirable withdifferent widths or sizes of shawls.

The numeral 11 designates spacers or separators each consisting of anupright mem ber having transverse separating arms 12, secured thereto,and provided at the upper end wlth a hook13, which slidably engages arod or bar 14, extending longitudinally of the upper portion of thecarrier between lts end posts. The separators or spacers depend fromthis bar.

In use, the shawls shown at A in Figures 1 and 2, are set on end in thebottom memplace, one of the spacers is moved in positlonnto engage itsconvex side, and thus separate it from the next shawl to be placed onthe carrier. In this way, a serles of shawls partially nested in eachother are placed upon the carrier throughout its len h or any desirediportion thereof.

igure 2 illustrates the use of the device with smaller shawls, while inFigure 3 larger shawls A are shown, there being a correspondingadjustment of the guard rails 10.

The overhead track 7 extends to any desired point and the vcarriers maybe provided with suitable handles 15 to facilitate pulling or pushingthe carriers along the track. When desired, the end posts of twoadjacent ycarriers may be connected by a suitable coupling, such asindicated at 16 in Figure 6, for the purpose of connecting the 100 saidframe having supporting means for a 110 plurality of the shawls, andspacers or separators movably mounted on said frame and adapted toseparate and space adjacent shawls', substantially as descrlbed.

2. A carrier for glass shawls, comprising a frame having means forsupporting a plurality of shawls thereon in adj acent'verticalpositions,and separators movably mounted on the frame for separating and spacingadjacent shawls, each of said separators having means for engagingtheoncave face of a Shawl, substantlally as described.

3. A carrier for glass shawls, comprising a frame havingmeans forsupporting a plurality of shawls thereon in ad]acent vertical positions,and separators movably mounted on the frame for separating and spacingadjacent shawls, together with laterally adjustable side guard rails onsaid frame, substantially as described.

4. A carrier for glass shawls, comprising a frame having a bottomportion adapted to support a plurality of shawls placed on end, vadjacent to each. other, a plurality of de' pending separators orspacers movable into positions to separate and 'space the shawls,

and side 'guards on the frame for preventing lateral movement of theshawls, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.

HENRY F. CLARK.

